Comments on: Moment of Truth: aMember vs. Wishlist Member

By: Bob Tolbert

Bob Tolbert — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 13:33:00 +0000

Great review! I’m using Wishlist Member and I love it since it is very simple to use.
My team and I are developing plugins for Wishlist and I would love to hear your opinion regarding our new plugin: Wishlist Error Page Booster.
This is the link to the site: http://wishlisterrorpagebooster.com
Looking forward to hearing your opinion.
Regards,
Bob

By: bryan zazz

bryan zazz — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:27:02 +0000

Hello everyone. I fell on this excellent article and comments without really trying, and very glad I did … must be one of those “lucky clicks” … hehe. Unlike most of the other posts, I am a developer-turned-marketer, so I was actually wearing my ‘dev’ hat reading your article and posts … I am the lead developer of a new tool you probably never heard about, but you probably will. We’ve been working on it for over a year now (project started in March 2011). It’s called Squizmore. It’s not a ‘membership tool’ per-se, more like an “Internet Marketing Platform” – long label which implies that it runs a number of tools, integrated, and of these “membership” is one of the toolset. Ok, hope this doesn’t sound too spammy – because it’s not my goal here, but I really like your article and posts, and wanted to contribute my little grain of salt… As a developer, reading what real users want and need is “golden” information. Squizmore is still in development, but some of the tools were being released recently and are quite useable, and we would definitely love to get some early feedback from this panel on our baby… You can get acquainted with it at squizmore.com – Thank you for your time!

By: Jen Morgan

Jen Morgan — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:42:05 +0000

Thanks for the good and thorough review. I am using Wishlist Member plugin and I love it.

You wrote about drip content:
“Drip content or the ability to slowly release content over time is among the hottest requests. Wishlist Member can do this in a somewhat clumsy fashion. You need to set up multiple levels and ‘graduate’ members through each level.”

I would like to mention a plugin called WP Drip which is very popular and easy to use plugin for dripping content. I love it and I know that many of my members are also using it. It can really make the process of dripping simpler.

Many thanks again.

Jen Morgan

By: David

David — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:47:25 +0000

Great article Lynette. This is a very common question I get as well and theres no one size fits all answer. I still find amember more powerful, but wishlist definitely has a place, especially for those who like having everything in one interface.

In the link to my name above, you’ll find an audio interview i did discussing the differences with Ken Gary (he wrote a plugin that hooks amember up with wordpress more effectively than the official one).

Thanks,
David

By: Ricki

Ricki — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:49:04 +0000

Lynnette, thanks for clarifying the two. I get asked by many prospects which member system to use. I create a site that compares Wishlist, DAP, and WP-Member. I have no experience with AMember though.

I really like how you explained that Wishlist Member expects a cart or Paypal to handle the recurring subscriptions. I have may small business associations and prospects who purchase it expecting an all-in-one solution.

AMember is a solid system similar to DAP that integrates with WordPress, but can be used for a whole lot more.

For small associations with limited money, I have pointed them to the WordPress Membership Plugin at http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/membership. It handles simple annual membership dues.

By: sanjay

sanjay — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:27:42 +0000

recent client of mine uses wishlist and 1shopping cart. I was wondering between the two (amember and wishlist), glad you wrote this kind of post. Makes thing more clearer.

By: Bill (LoneWolf) Nickeson

Bill (LoneWolf) Nickeson — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:53:23 +0000

In reply to JP. That can be done but it is a lot trickier. One possible solution is to look at the Headspace 2 plugin. It has tons of features, but one that you might find useful is the ability to have each page or post use a different WordPress theme. There will be issues with trying to do that, but the graphics will be easier to handle that way. You may have some trouble with menus and widgets if the themes you use don't use the same names for menu and widget areas.

By: JP

JP — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:47:01 +0000

Great Thanks a lot Bill…

If I were to create just 1 membership site with separate memberships within it, would I be able to customize everything from graphics to layouts, etc., with those separate memberships?

By: Bill (LoneWolf) Nickeson

Bill (LoneWolf) Nickeson — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:57:32 +0000

In reply to JP.

JP, in Wishlist you would just set up 1 membership site and create separate memberships within it. They can be completely separate or you can have them overlap where needed (and cross promoted).

What you’re creating sounds similar to membership levels except that they don’t build on one another like levels do.

I’m not sure how Amember would handle it, but I’m sure it would be very similar.

By: JP

JP — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:24:28 +0000

Hi,

Good article. Would have been great to see pricing differences for each program, but that can easily be compared by going to the websites.

Anyway, I’m leaning more towards Wishlist and wanted to know if it’s possible to have multiple Wishlist memberships running on just ONE domain.

I’m building my brand in a niche and want to just use ONE domain.

For example: MYNICHECENTER.com (not my actual domain)

I have 3 different products that will all be sold on this domain and will all have memberships. For example:

MYNICHECENTER.com/product(1)membershiparea
MYNICHECENTER.com/product(2)membershiparea
MYNICHECENTER.com/product(3)membershiparea

These will all be separate memberships, since they are all separate products.

Can I run multiple Wishlist memberships on just 1 domain like the above?

Best,
JP